Hijinks Inc.

Category: Aaron Nelsen

  • Life Without a Computer is Boring

    A few days ago my MacBook Pro was taken out of the backseat of my car, along with my iPhone dock, AC charger for the iPhone, and a copy of Windows XP Pro (with COA).

    As you might have gathered from the title of this post, life has not been the same without my computer, I still have a laptop, but it’s an Eee PC 1000H so between its limited processing power and tiny keyboard it doesn’t make for a very productive afternoon. And of course, it runs Windows, so 90% of the programs I need to run for school / work can’t even be installed.

    Now its pretty much a waiting game, I’ve filed a police report and an insurance claim (thank goodness for Renters Insurance), and now I have to wait for the insurance paperwork to arrive and the claim to process. The guy I spoke to at State Farm said it would likely take 1-2 weeks to process my claim.

    The next two weeks are going to be incredible long and boring I’m afraid.

  • OS X on the HP TouchSmart IQ507

    I just bought an HP TouchSmart IQ507 off eBay and it should (hopefully) be arriving by the end of the week.

    In the mean time, I’m working on putting together drivers for running OS X on the IQ507. Video drivers should be the easy part, but there’s a 99% chance that I’ll have to write my own software to get the touchscreen to function properly. At any rate, I’ll be posting more details as I go.

  • Axiotron ModBook Hits The Small Screen

    Sci-Fi channel recently premiered their new series Sanctuary, and while the acting, storyline and character development are all woefully lacking, their taste in gadgets is excellent.

    Here’s a screen cap from the pilot episode (click for full size):
    Sanctuary: Axiotron ModBook

    If I’m not mistaken that is clearly the Axiotron ModBook.

    More images and a video clip after the jump. (more…)

  • Passive Income – September 2008

    In September I took a road trip, moved out, started school, and generally slacked off.

    • Interest: $51.94
    • Dividends: $50.58
    • Credit Card Rewards: $87.55
    • AdSense: $14.36
    • Text Ads: $38.13
    • Surveys: $6

    But I still managed $248.56, which is not bad at all.

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  • Apple Drops NDA (Kinda)

    Apple announced today that they were restructuring their NDA so it only applied to unreleased software.

    That’s great and all, but that means I still can’t talk about my software which doesn’t work… the software that I really need to talk to people about. That’s fantastic Apple.